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Corpus of Old Turkic

𐰆𐰍𐰔

oguz

Meaning:
Turkic tribal grouping; Oghuz

The etymology of Oğuz is disputed. Proposed explanations include a collective formation from oq “arrow; tribal division”, derivation from a kinship stem uq “clan, lineage”, and connections with the oğul word family. The historical correspondence between Common Turkic Oğuz and Oghuric Oğur involves regular z ~ r.

Expressions:
𐱃𐰸𐰆𐰔 𐰆𐰍𐰔 [tokkuz oguz]

Word family

In modern languages (3 / 22)

Select a region to see the cognate.
Language Cognate
Turkmen Oguz
Turkish (Azerbaijan) Oğuz
Turkish (Türkiye) Oğuz
Salar The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Gagauz The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Crimean The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Uyghur The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Uzbek The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Kazakh The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Nogai The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Siberian Tatar The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Kyrgyz The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Altai The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Alan The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Kumyk The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Tatar The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Bashkir The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Tıva The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Khakas The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Sakha (Yakut, Dolgan) The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Khalaj The cognate has disappeared from this language.
Chuvash The cognate has disappeared from this language.

Examples

Bilgä Kagan inscriptions

9

Tonyuquq inscriptions

5

Kültegin inscriptions

8

Translations

German:
türkischer Stammesverband; Oğuz
Russian:
тюркское племенное объединение; огузы
Turkish (Azerbaijan):
tayfa, qəbilə; Oğuz
Turkish (Türkiye):
tayfa, kabile; Oğuz

Bibliography 1

  • Talat Tekin (1994) Tunyukuk Yazıtı
    p. 68app. 63b–64a